[ixpmanager] IXP Manager Route Server with Bird2 sync/api reconfigure script error.

Barry O'Donovan (INEX) barry.odonovan at inex.ie
Wed May 17 19:21:46 IST 2023



Nick Hilliard via ixpmanager wrote on 17/05/2023 18:38:
> Douglas Fischer via ixpmanager wrote on 17/05/2023 18:06:
>> Shouldn't this (ASN needs to be 16bits) to be exposed as a
>> requirement of IXP Manager?
> 
> it should be documented, but as a requirement for standard community
>  based filtering on route servers using rfc1997 communities.

The recommendation has been documented since Jan 2018 at:

https://docs.ixpmanager.org/features/route-servers/#setting-up

And it's discussed in the tutorial videos.


> It's a bug that this is causing problems with the RS config, and
> we'll get this addressed.

Yes - by no means a requirement, just the first time this bubbled up to 
the surface.

  - Barry





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